Chance me for Ivies, MIT, UChicago, JHU, UCLA, UCB and Stanford

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I am currently in the application process and will appreciate it if you can chance me for these schools:
HYP
Brown
Columbia
Cornell
UPenn
Dartmouth
MIT-EA
UChicago - EA
JHU
UCLA
UCB
STANFORD

Major: Biology or BIochem

GPA: 4.5 W 3.85UW (probably 4.57W and 3.88UW at the end of the semester)
Class Rank: 14/925 (I should be top 10 by the end of the semester)
ACT: 35C (35E,36M,34R,34S 33W,10Essay)
SAT: Not sending unless it’s required (2050, 2110 Superscore)
SAT II: MATH II:800 BioE:750

Essay: Pretty good would rate most school specific ones 7-8/10. Common app essay 9/10 , UC personal statements 8-9/10
Recommendations: Haven’t read any.
My AP calc teacher and AP English Lang teacher should write pretty good ones as they both know me very well. Counselor’s should be good as well as she knows me pretty well too.

AP: AP Bio (4), AP Calc BC (5), AP Psych (5), AP English Lang (4), AP Physics C Mechanics (4), APUSH (4)

I have taken almost every honors and AP class offered at my school.

Senior Year Course Load:
AP English Lit
AP Gov
AP Chem
AP Stats
AP Art History
AP Comp Sci

EC’s:
-Youth Group Leader (11,12)
-Volunteering through youth group (9-12)
-Red Cross (9, 10, 11(Historian), 12 (Tech Advisor))
-FBLA (10, 11(Secretary), 12(Treasurer) )
-Surgery volunteer at local hospital (11,12)
-National Honor Society (11,12)
-California Scholarship Federation (9-12) (tutor kids at my school)
-Started my own phone repair business (money was used to help my family when we lost our business) (9-12)
-Started tutoring business (11-12)
-cross country (10)
-track (10)
-Questbridge National College Match Finalist
-Awards: Pretty basic stuff like AP Scholar and a
Ethnicity: Egyptian (idk if white or AA)
Income: 65-70k
State: California

I am participating in QuestBridge College Match but I probably won’t match anywhere so I will probably be applying through QuestBridge RD if that makes a difference.

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You should choose an ED school. All of these schools should give good Financial Aid. ED to JHU or Brown or upenn is prob your best option, I would give you a 60% chance ED hop 50% ED Brown and 40% ED Upenn.

Reg decision chances:
HYP = Low unfortunatly prob 5%
Brown = RD = 10%
Columbia = RD = 5%
Cornell = RD = 30%
UPenn = RD = 10%
Dartmouth = RD = 10%
MIT-EA = 10%
UChicago - EA = 5%
JHU = RD = 15%
UCLA = 65%
UCB = 50%
STANFORD = RD = 5%

Chance me: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1824133-chance-me-for-jhu-ed-class-of-2020.html?new=1

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You seem like a strong candidate. Definitely send only your ACT as that is much stronger than SAT if the school is OK with that. Agree with trying ED if you have a top front runner that meets all demonstrated financial need. Are both parents from Egypt? Usually this means applying as White (race) unless one is from the sub Saharan part of the African continent (race is then Black).

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@goingnutsmom my front runner is MIT but they only do EA. Plus even if I wanted to apply ED i cannot as that is against the QuestBridge rules.

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@mikadog thanks for the chance but may I ask where these percentages are based off of?

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Oh, OK. So if you apply through QB match you have to accept the school that makes an offer and if you apply through QB RD then you are free to choose the acceptance you want?

How is QB RD an advantage for you then?

Work hard then on your MIT application.

Are you premed?

I don’t think that guy knows how he got those percentages. I wouldn’t worry about it.

Are you URM?

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I have heard that QB RD gives you a better chance at schools, but thats only what I have heard. Yes, I am pre-med. Does Egyptian count as African- American? I am also first generation US college student (one of my parents attended college in Egypt) if that is any kind of hook.

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@goingnutsmom ^^

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If you’re “black,” you’re african american. If you’re arab, you’re officially white.

First-generation means a student whose parents never graduated from college anywhere.

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^ The above is correct. If both parents are from Egypt then no, you are not AA. Unless, at least one parent is black.

There was one other poster here on CC who appeared to be trying to insist that Arab descent from Africa was AA and that is not the way it works. You are white. That will be how college apps consider it.

If one of your parents graduated from an Egytian university then you are not first generation.

Nonetheless, there are other things that you have that will help your college app. I think that students overestimate the boost that comes from being URM. Your transcript, EC’s and essays are much more important.

Are these the only schools on your list? It’s very reach heavy.

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@goingnutsmom No i have lower UC as safteys as well.

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bump

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Guys chance me please!!

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bump :)))))))))))))))))

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I’m going to apply ED to UPenn! What are my chances?